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3rd party apps for discord (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/discordapp@lemmy.world

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I’ve never used discord but there’s a couple communities I want to browse that apparently only are in discord. The official app seems like shit privacy wise so I don’t want to install it. What alternatives are recommended? Or some work around?

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[–] gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I use Vesktop

[–] erotador@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

second this, is the best, only way I use discord.

[–] erotador@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

also ewwww discord

[–] gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

Couldn't agree more 😂

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They have a web ui that works well enough with no need to install anything.

I only know of one other discord client and it’s just a wrapper around the official one anyway.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. Use website in Firefox and turn up all the tracking blockers + use Ublock + noscript. Firefox on Android let's you install websites as self contained "apps" on your home screen too, where it runs in full-screen like a native app (which is all the native app does in the first place, it's a lazy ass electron container).

[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Damn, I knew it's not really native (the original one)

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

BetterDiscord is one, and it supports plugins. Note tho: Discord has some sloppy inconsistent management so they might just randomly decide to ban that client one day

[–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Officially, all third-party clients are already against ToS. Only bot accounts are officially allowed to use the public API.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Officially they're also acting according to their own tos, law and are transparent. But in reality, they don't, don't properly and don't.

Hence why I alluded to their mess of management rather than their tos. It's there mostly for appearance and decoration.